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Adenocarcinoma
Studies from Royal Liverpool University yield new data on adenocarcinoma
September 2nd, 2008
" The objective of this study was to evaluate whether preoperative CA19-9 levels and the platelet-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) might reflect prognostic indices for resected ampullary adenocarcinoma. Materials and Methods Data were collected prospectively over a 10-year period for consecutive patients undergoing pancreatoduodenectomy for malignancy," researchers in Liverpool, the United Kingdom report. " Both preoperative PLR and CA19-9 results were available in 52 cases of resected ampullary adenocarcinoma. Preoperative CA19-9 levels of <= 150 kU/l (or <= 300 kU/l in the presence of bilirubin levels > 35 mu mol/l) and a PLR of <= 160 were found to represent the...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-09-02)
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